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FWA to NEL: distance & flight time
Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne International Airport) → Lakehurst (Lakehurst Maxfield Field Airport)
573 mi
922 km · 498 nm
1h 43m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
573 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 43m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- FWA — Fort Wayne International Airport · Fort Wayne, United States
- NEL — Lakehurst Maxfield Field Airport · Lakehurst, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near FWA
- SMD · Smith Field12 mi away
- ANQ · Tri State Steuben County Airport46 mi away
- MIE · Delaware County Johnson Field52 mi away
- GUS · Grissom Air Reserve Base55 mi away
Near NEL
- EWR · Newark Liberty International Airport47 mi away
- PHL · Philadelphia International Airport48 mi away
- JFK · John F Kennedy International Airport52 mi away
- WRI · Mc Guire Air Force Base13 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is FWA from NEL?
The flight distance from Fort Wayne (FWA) to Lakehurst (NEL) is 573 miles (922 km, 498 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FWA to NEL?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 43m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from FWA to NEL?
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